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It's a harder, faster and lighter Lamborghini Gallardo, a kind of pre-emptive strike against the Ferrari F430 Challenge Stradale and Porsche GT3. Shorn of its hi-fi and fitted with thinner glass and more carbonfibre and less metal, the Superleggera weighs 1330kg, a soild 100kg less than the standard Gallardo.

The carbon-fiber is everywhere: on the new engine cover and rear wing, the sill extensions and the door mirrors. Then there's the new multi-spoke 19-inch alloys, bucket seats and four point harnesses. On engine, the tweaks to the inlet and exhaust system have liberated an extra 10bhp for a 530hp total, dropping the 0-100kmh time from 3.8 to 3.6 sec (a precious 0.2 sec).

The weight/power ratio of the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera is only 2.5 kg/hp, which puts it unquestionably at the top of it's rival.

The Ferrari F430 Scuderia was a special series based on the F430 and is aimed specifically at Ferrari’s most passionate and sports-driving oriented clients. Thus, the Prancing Horse centered its development on focusing on the car being lightweight, carrying minimum trimmings, and boasting of the kind of technology that was completely innovative.

The biggest difference between the ordinary F430 and the Scuderia is that the Scuderia is lighter than the standard F430 by 221 pounds. so that it's weight-shaving was accomplished by partaking in a variety of measures, including making good use of carbon fiber components that wasn’t included in the standard model. That allows the slimmer Scuderia sought to trump the standard version in every sense imaginable and it succeeded in doing so by shaving off 0.4 seconds off of the F430’s 0-100km/h time from 4.0 sec to a new 3.6 sec record.

Ferrari also gave the F430 Scuderia a host of external modifications, all targeted to provide a more efficient aerodynamic characteristic that touched on increasing overall downforce without compensating its drag numbers. A few examples of these modifications include the newly styled rear diffuser that was enhanced by the addition of a nolder to the engine cover and by the large venturis that run from the front wheel houses to the rear bumpers.

Six years after its launch, the R129 saw a second mild renewal comprising slight visual changes. In order to stay in line with competition, the car received new head and taillights as well as a range of standard safety features comprising side air bags and ESP among others. In addition, comfort was kicked up a notch with the introduction of lazy-friendly automatic climate control and seats that feel almost as that couch at home. For an extra fee, buyers could also fit their cars with HID headlights and a full-glass hardtop to enhance the car's "wow" factor.